And the winner of the Muddy Stilettos Best Norfolk Bar isThe Nip And Growler
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Read an article on the Nip & Growler from the KL Magazine, Special Food Edition — February 2018

Welcome to the Nip and Growler Craft Ale House in the heart of King’s Lynn, run by two best mates who know their booze only too well. Designed and built by our own fair hands and local tradesmen using local recycled materials, proving new isn’t necessarily better. And our ales are local too, sourced from micro-breweries as close to us as possible.

We have 13 ales & ciders on tap which change daily and we aim to introduce customers to a different way of drinking, flavour rather than quantity. You don’t have to drink a macho pint as we also serve in ⅓, ½, ⅔ pint measures. To help you explore our craft ales and ciders they are listed on our blackboard behind the bar showing the brewery, region and the style of ale. And if you want to find an ale or cider that matches your taste buds just ask for tasters before you buy. We also stock a good selection of wines and some unusual spirits as well as soft and fruit drinks and delicious snacks.

If you fancy a bit of relaxation then we always have board games, playing cards, Jenga and books available, just to the right of the bar. And to the left of the bar we have plenty of cushions for a comfortable sit.

Our ales are changing all the time but our attitude to life remains the same.

Drink, be merry, be kind and never laugh at a bad joke

If you’re looking for a gift then you can buy £5 & £10 vouchers at the bar.

If you like our glasses which we had specially made, please buy them from us rather than nick them. They are only £2.50 each, the price they cost us. Thank You

Why Nip & Growler?

A Nip is a small measure of strong beer, usually 1/3 of a pint. Barley wine was usually bottled in nips.Or a small drink of spirits, a 1/4 of a gill where a gill is 5 fl oz
[C18: shortened from nipperkin equal to one-half of a quarter-gill, one-eighth of a gill, or one thirty-second of an English pint. A nipperkin is also one-eighth of a pint of beer or any other liquor.]

A Growler is a larger measure of beer, a half US gallon jug or just over 3 pints in English. It was a sealed jug that could be taken home, more common in America than here.

Nunc est bibendum

And in case you were wondering about the Latin quote on our logo, ‘Nunc est bibendum’, it translates as ‘Now is the time for drinking’.

It is from the first book of the collected Odes or Carmina, sometimes known as the ‘Cleopatra Ode‘, of the Roman lyric poet Horace. It is one of his most famous, published in 23 BC as Poem 37. The poem is a song of triumph over the defeat and death of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, and probably dates from the autumn of 30 BC when the news of Cleopatra’s suicide reached Rome.

And if you are interested in this you can read a translation of the poem here.

ALES & CIDERS

Our first brew, GINTRIGUE 42 was a beautiful botanical brew with juniper berries, lemon & orange zest, citra & simcoe hops created in collaboration with the Three Mice Brewery. It was a great success but shame we didn’t brew more of it. But worry not as we will soon be active in brewing another wonderful ale. Watch this space.

Our ales and ciders change daily and we aim to introduce customers to a different way of drinking, flavour rather than quantity. You don’t have to drink a macho pint as we also serve in ⅓, ½, ⅔ pint measures. To help you explore our 13 craft ales and ciders they are listed on our blackboard behind the bar showing the brewery, region and the style of ale. And if you want to find an ale or cider that matches your taste buds just ask for tasters before you buy. We also stock a good selection of wines and some unusual spirits as well as soft and fruit drinks and delicious snacks.

Why Vegan & Gluten Free Ales?If you follow a vegan lifestyle or have coeliac disease then this is obvious BUT there is another reason. Ales are cleared by using Isinglass made from the dried swim bladders of fish. This clears the ale but also removes some of the taste. Many people find that an unfined cloudy ale tastes better, with a fuller flavour. If this unfined beer contains milk/lactose then it becomes vegetarian. Customers have commented that the gluten free ales do not bloat them out which when you think of what gluten can do to the gut then this makes sense.

Nip and Growler Ales & Ciders

BEER

BREWER

STYLE

GLUTEN FREE OR VEGAN

BREWERY LOCATION

ABV

1

Wild Bill Hiccup

Wild Craft

Best Bitter

Vegan

Norwich

4.5%

2

Copter

Ampersand

Chinook, Simcoe, IPA

Vegan

Bungay

5.7%

3

White IPA

Redwell

White IPA

Vegan

Norwich

6%

4

Flight of The Unicorn

3 Blind Mice

Fruity IPA

Vegan
Cloudy

Little Downham

5%

5

Calypso

3 Blind Mice

Session IPA

Cloudy
Vegan

Little Downham

3.8%

6

Steam

Redwell

Amber Lager

Vegan
GF

Norwich

4.6%

7

Norwich Pils

Redwell

Pils

GF
Vegan

Norwich

4%

8

Milkworm

3 Blind Mice

Chocolate Milk Stout

Veggy

Little Downham

5.3%

9

Mid Week Bender

Nene Valley

Amber IPA

GF

Oundle

7.4%

10

Kofra

Redwell

Coffee Stout

Vegan
GF

Norwich

5.9%

11

Norfolk Perry

Whin Hill

Perry

Wells-Next-The-Sea

5.8%

12

Norfolk Browns

Whin Hill

Medium Cider

Wells-Next-The-Sea

5.4%

13

Ciderberry

Norfolk Cider Co.

Raspberry Cider

Hoveton

5%

Too much choice? Just ask for free tasters to find the ale that suits you.
Our ale list is changing daily so it's impossible to keep this list completely up to date but we'll do our best.Updated 8th May